• Sotalsta [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Vaccines are not 100% effective, but you’re overstating the strength of natural immunity. We have no way of knowing that it’s “life long”, only that it seems to be longer lasting than vaccine immunity. Vaccines don’t completely stop transmission, and neither does previous infection. Unvaccinated people that have recovered are still contributing to spreading the virus, and they could reduce that by getting the vaccine.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Just survivorship bias showing its ass once again.

      All the folks who are crippled or killed by the virus just kinda drop out of the denominator for anti-vaxxers. COVID is soft-eugenics for these assholes and if you don't make it then you don't count.

      And its painfully cliche to say at this point, but things are only going to get worse. I don't envy anyone working the night shift at the COVID wards in a few months, least of all in a state like Texas or Florida.